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See the following rule(s) to find an answer to this question.

See the following rule(s) to find an answer to this question.

That’s not a question. But don’t worry — the card is right. Effects on cards can “break” the rules of the game, like letting a Hero play or draw more than 1 card in a turn

Cards played during Setup do not trigger any game text effects, either on the cards played, or on any other card in play.

When using a Hero variant, treat all instances of the name of the standard Hero for that Hero’s deck as replaced by the name of the variant Hero character card. When playing a Critical Event, treat all instances of the name of the standard Villain character card for that Villain’s deck as replaced by the name of the Critical Event Villain character card.

Yes, effects essentially constantly check for anything they can affect, attempting to “solve” the game state until they are resolved. So, for example, an attack that hits all targets in play will hit any targets that come into play while that attack is happening

Cards are played to their respective play areas, unless indicated otherwise. Villain cards are played in the Villain play area. Environment cards are played in the Environment play area. Each Hero’s cards are played in that Hero’s play area.

Any static action on a card that happens in a phase, such as flip or “Regain 1 HP” happens first. Then, the regular action happens for that phase, such as playing a card during the Play Phase. Finally, any optional extra actions granted can be used, such as “You may use 1 additional power this phase.

Yes. The top card of a deck is always whatever card is currently on top of that deck. In the process of revealing cards from the top of a deck, the card that counts as the “top card of the deck” is the card that is physically on top of the deck.

Nothing, immediately. If a card would be drawn or played from a deck, and there are no cards in that deck, shuffle the associated trash to remake the deck, and then continue 20 by drawing or playing, as appropriate. Only drawing or playing causes this; effects like discard, reveal, or discover do not shuffle the trash into the deck. If you would bury a card and the deck is empty, the buried card goes to the trash instead

An “attack” is an instance of damage dealt to a target, regardless of if that damage is also dealt to other targets as part of the same effect. Each instance of damage is distinct. When 1 target is dealt damage, that is one instance of damage. If 3 targets are dealt damage, those are three instances of damage. If all targets of some type are dealt damage, the damage to each target is a distinct instance.

Cards under another card count as in play, but they have no title, keywords, HP, game text, etc. They only retain their type (Hero, Villain, or Environment), and which deck they belong to. This is also true of face-down cards. When a card is destroyed or leaves play in any other way, any cards under that card are destroyed, going to their appropriate trashes. Cards under a card in play cannot be affected by anything other than the card they are under, or an effect that specifically targets cards under other cards. You can look at cards under another card at any time. You cannot look at face-down cards, unless an effect says otherwise.

You dealt 5 damage. A target cannot have fewer than 0 HP. If a target is dealt more damage than it has HP, it is reduced to 0 HP. When a target is reduced to 0 HP, it is destroyed. However, when a target is dealt more damage than it has HP, the amount of damage is still dealt, even though the HP is only reduced to 0.

No, cards that are not in play cannot affect what's happening in play. Any ongoing effects on a card immediately cease as soon as the game text of that effect leaves play, whether by the card being destroyed, buried, flipped face-down, put under another card, or any other methods that removes the card's game text from play. The only exception is cards that say "when this card is destroyed", which act as they are being destroyed, counting as still being in play until that effect is fully resolved.

No, your allies are the other targets on your team, but not yourself.

When a card would be played that cannot be played for some reason, it goes to your hand instead.